APC’s Prince Audu answers the 11 Billion Naira Question:
In a tweetChat with his followers today, APC Candidate for the November 21 Kogi state governorship election, Prince Abubakar Audu cleared the air on the N11 billion allegedly looted by him, amongst other questions tweeted at him by Nigerians using the hashtag #‎AskAudu‬. His answer:
“When I was in office between 1999 – 2003, we received average monthly allocation of N350 million - about N16.8 billion for the entire 4 years of my tenure. With these, we paid all salaries, we built Kogi State University, Obajana Cement Factory (now owned and run by Dangote Cement), Confluence Beach Hotel, Stella Obasanjo Library, Paparanda Square, Govt. house (Lugard) House, Government Office, secretariat, the banquet hall, started the confluence stadium and built the Lokoja township stadium.
Others are the Fed. Medical Centre + equipped same with 25 state-of-art ambulances, NTA Kogi, Radio Kogi, Kogi Graphics Newspaper, 75 rural electrification projects, the presidential lodge, Governor's lodge, Abuja, inter-state roads; We also built the specialist eye centre, commissioner's quarters, 200 housing units, just to mention a few. In 2002, the Federal Government instituted a panel to evaluate and reward performance. Out of 12 awards for the 36 state governors, I won 7 awards. Now, how could all these have been achieved?
When the then ruling People’s Democratic Party saw me as a threat, they started instigating Kogites against me, and when the people couldn’t buy into that, having known the truth, they orchestrated my arrest, which led to my being dragged before the ICPC, CCB, CCT and EFCC.
When all that failed, the then PDP led Kogi state government took over and issued a white paper, banning me from politics for 10years. I proceeded to court, and the court ruled that the Kogi government has no such right to ban me from politics.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has also taken me to 7 courts in total (4 in Kogi and 3 in Abuja). In each of these cases, they’ll always pull out before judgment is passed and go back to frame up new figures; I was 1st accused of stealing N1.5b, then N4b, then N8b and finally N11 billion. It’s also on record that I was the most pursued politician by the EFCC, as the PDP wanted my head at all cost – always during elections.
And so I ask all Kogites and Nigerians, how could my administration have achieved all we did with less than N6 billion, if N11 billion was missing? Again only the work I did in Kogi State stands there today. The PDP govt. since I left office, has received about N550 billion, without accounting for it.
So the questions should be where have these funds gone? Why are Kogites still languishing in abject poverty? Why is Lokoja the dirtiest state capital in Nigeria? Why has EFCC been mute? Clearly the PDP led EFCC had a different agenda.
I leave these thoughts to my fellow Kogites to mull over and ponder. The truth is out there for those who care to know but my happiness is that all well-meaning Kogites know the truth and have pledged to support me and the APC to victory ahead of the November 21 Governorship election, as I promise to do even more, when we eventually take up power.
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Hmmmm, time to defend, why don't u say all ds since. Though his government achieve more than Ibro and Wada join together. His achievements might speak for him. Watching in 3D

Audu, you should be ashamed of yourself. After admitting you stole N11bn, and that you will return it when elected, with the same mouth you want to deny it. May God punish you for trying to play with the head of innocent Nigerians. You have totally lost the remaining sympathy we had for you. We are wiser now and won't fall for your pranks. GOD HELP NIGERIA

The foolish ones will still vote for you because they don't see anything wrong with APC and her candidates.
You don't need to defend yourself. Buhari's body language will win the polls for you.

FacelessPatriot:
Audu, you should be ashamed of yourself. After admitting you stole N11bn, and that you will return it when elected, with the same mouth you want to deny it. May God punish you for trying to play with the head of innocent Nigerians. You have totally lost the remaining sympathy we had for you. We are wiser now and won't fall for your pranks. GOD HELP NIGERIA

there was nowhere he admitted that...na bloggers say that

But seemed better than the others cos at least he did something as nobody can best his chest that the two past PDP Governors had not embezzle more than that.
am not in support of corruption and I will love him investigated but he tend to have more things to bring to the table than the PDP.
I must confess that the failure of the state Government is what culminated to GEJ failure in the state.

Picture of the thief and his teenage bride.

Thieves are developing unusual confidence under this Buhari's administration because Buhari has surrounded himself with thieves. Buhari's anti-corruption fight remains an unfulfilled mantra!

Back to the looting days.

Say no to Audu and Wada, kogi state needs someone else.

I just can't look away from this man.

jamace:
Thieves are developing unusual confidence under this Buhari's administration because Buhari has surrounded himself with thieves. Buhari's anti-corruption fight remains an unfulfilled mantra!

Back to the looting days.

if you believe Audu stole 10 billion naira out of 16 billion naira he received in 4 years after the project he undertook and paying of salaries, then something is amiss.

“When I was in office between 1999 – 2003, we received average monthly allocation of N350 million - about N16.8 billion for the entire 4 years of my tenure. With these, we paid all salaries, we built Kogi State University, Obajana Cement Factory (now owned and run by Dangote Cement), Confluence Beach Hotel, Stella Obasanjo Library, Paparanda Square, Govt. house (Lugard) House, Government Office, secretariat, the banquet hall, started the confluence stadium and built the Lokoja township stadium.
Others are the Fed. Medical Centre + equipped same with 25 state-of-art ambulances, NTA Kogi, Radio Kogi, Kogi Graphics Newspaper, 75 rural electrification projects, the presidential lodge, Governor's lodge, Abuja, inter-state roads; We also built the specialist eye centre, commissioner's quarters, 200 housing units, just to mention a few.

6 billion naira couldn't have done all of this.

Where's that epistle-writing wailer?

Mogidi:
Picture of the thief and his teenage bride.

In 2002, the Federal Government instituted a panel to evaluate and reward performance. Out of 12 awards for the 36 state governors, I won 7 awards.

mugugidi , even your own party couldn't look away from Audu's giant strides even as he was in the opposition and had to recognize him by these numerous awards. He took 7 and left 5 for the remaining 35 governors.

BALLOSKI:


mugugidi , even your own party couldn't look away from Audu's giant strides even as he was in the opposition and had to recognize him by these numerous awards. [size=15pt]He took 7 and left 5 for the remaining 35 governors.[/size]

Thats not all he took, you forgot the N11bil that disappeared as well.